Australia Day.......

Australia Day zoom went off well......

I worked on Lucy again and got the to filter block and the side filler block attached........The others I added between the last post I shared and now.........My dad's staying and he thinks I'm crazy...... How am I doing this.....I had to bring the bigger piece in to show him....... Then I show my progress after stitching for awhile and his comment was "well that is very slow & it's going to take a long time"....... Lol......i did agree.......

Green and Gold was the order of the day and I wore my green dress.....

You can see some of the girls wore green and gold or hung up some fabric...... It was once again a short session but great fun and Lucy is progressing.....I started attaching the piece above to the main quilt.......

This gorgeous cactus surprised me in the garden.........

Have a great weekend.......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

Zoom into Australia Day.......

 Just going to do a short zoom on Australia Day.......as it's especially for Australia day I will choose a better time for you Aussies who do not get out of bed early.........

12noon -3pm Wed 26th January

NZ 2pm

Internationals welcome for the USA/Canada this might work as it's late afternoon evening

Tues 25th PT 5pm, Mountain 6pm, Central 7pm, Eastern 8pm

Europe/UK sorry it's the middle of the night......but you are welcome

Don your green and gold and join in with your sewing..........

Catch you later........

Chookyblue........

Sunrise.....

Pretty Sunrise this morning.......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue......

Lucy & zoom......

Sorry to those who missed the quick zoom this morning...... Well when I say quick we did only go for 4 hrs so pretty quick....... Starting at sparrow's fart as usual if you weren't up early in Oz you missed out......Sorry......

This is what this section was up to...... I've added to it during the week since the last photo I shared......

Buggered up in the centre top as that was supposed to be on a side..... Oh well I'll just add some bits to it and it will work......

We added some new girls to zoom also......

Marika and Ellen from Germany and Jennifer from Australia....

This is what I got to this morning...... Since then I have added a block to the top right.......

Monday we finished harvest...... This paddock should be golden stems of ripened crop..... They are there but there should not be all the green grass....... Usually we would be finished harvest in November early December but with all the rain we only got onto the ground this year........ Harvest was very slow.... The grass has grown heaps and caused issues....... The grain we got was down graded due to all the rain but atleast we got it all off......... Thankfully crap wheat is worth something this year........

(An old photo but this is what the paddock should look like once harvest is finished)

So pleased we are done......I suggested we should head the header towards home on Monday afternoon as some rain was forecast. Lucky we did as where the crop is we got 4 inches of rain the next morning........ Only a tiny bit at home and Mr Chooky was able to pick up the header the next morning where we left it and drive the rest of the way home.......

Ok best go......10 mins sleep and back into something..........

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue.........

zoom quicky.........

 See times below........Aussie girls get up early or miss out............

this one will only go for 4hours.

I'll send the link tonight when I have power.......

Catch you later........

Chookyblue.......

possible zoom??

Hi girls

No zoom for Saturday my time as no power. So that buggers technology up completely. 

Just trying to work out if we do a short session early Sunday morning (Saturday evening UK/Europe Afternoon USA/Canada)

I've got my Dad staying so can't do a day. 

Let me know if you are interested and I'll send the link if it works out......

Catch you later.....

Chookyblue......

Rusty collection.......

those who have been on zoom may have seen this pic.....my rusty old machine collection........I have a couple more in another spot also.........9 here so I think I have 11 in total..........always happy to gather a few more.........the one on the front left that still has some board on it I have since sat it on some bricks in the garden....

   see my cute little chickens on the edge of the pavers too.....

I've got a bit more of Lucy joined......

Was thinking we may be able to zoom next Saturday but we have a planned power outage so unless it gets too wet during the week and it gets canned that won't work........so I'll keep working on a plan and get back to you when I work something out.......

pic of the dam...........I've been over here for many trips as I need to start a pump every time I want to water the garden........yesterday there was more of an issue with the old pipes so we got the wheel of death down from the neighbour's and dug trenches to lay new pipe.....what a crap job on a very hot afternoon....I faded and called in assistance.......we would never have got it finished last night..........still got some trenches to dig from the end of the trench to the pump by hand but I will pass on that job.........

ALSO in that job we ran a new power supply for the Chookshed so I can get a bigger air conditioner in there.........OMG I cannot wait for that.........

My poor little air con is just not big enough but runs off normal power.....

Anyway.....that's enough for one post......hope you are all well......

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

popping in.....

Queen Anne's Lace it such a delicate looking plant but it grows on the side of the road so its pretty hardy..........

summer is here and back at work.......covid numbers are going off here like they are around the world so best to avoid people......... they think it should peek late Jan/early Feb.......how they know that is beyond me since they had no idea this was going to happen early December......

Lots of cool cloud days lately and storms around the last few nights.........not much night before last but last night we got 32mm........

Harvest is not complete and now stopped until it dries out once again...........

haven't got bogged so far but its pretty slow going with all the green in the crop from new growth.........normally this would have been completed by late November......

This should just be golden..........no green........

*****Anne - you left a comment on my last post and I cannot reply to you as the comment didn't come thru to my emails.....sorry......I have a couple people this happens too*****

Anyway that's it for me...........

Have a great weekend........

Catch you later......

Chookyblue.......

wow what a start to 2022......

last week was just making a few blocks.......yes I know I achieved but this weekend on zoom I really can see the difference from the start to the finish.........

here we are at the start of the day.........

zoom started bright and early as usual in my time zone......6am i cracked off and very quickly I was joined by lots of the international girls...........

everyone is often head down as they are busy sewing.....

I had to join this filler block in to the section I wanted to add to the main quilt.......

and I had to join this block onto the bottom right...........

...then it was joining joining join.........felt like it was never going to end.........

Found one of the lambs stuck under an old combine..........

finally with me annoying it lots it got out........

as girls pop in and out all day sometimes you suddenly look up and there are 23 girls on the screen....My main co conspirator Lou from NZ assures me we got to 24 for a short time.......that's a record girls........I think this time we had 33 join altogether......

Sunset was pretty spectacular when I had ducked out to move a hose............Sylvia had not long before shared her sunrise in Germany..........so I had to snap this to show the girls..........

few bubbles and cheese were required as I had to keep my stitching stamina up......

working in so many time zones is funny......someone's having breaky someone else is having dinner or lunch.......

this time we had a few newbies.......Jackie and Mary in Canada, Hanne in Norway........I hope I have not missed any newbies........this time we covered Canada, USA, Norway, Germany, UK, New Zealand and Australia.........Hanne and Sharon were surprised we were still on when they got up........Sylvia came back as usual so we stayed on for ages after that chatting and sewing more........it was a late night for me.........we shut down at 10pm.......

But look at my progress........the big gap on the bottom right is not all sewn in............I even started sewing in a block in the gap and I had it about 1/2 in and my thread ran out and so did my ability to keep sewing.........

Another wonderful time with everyone.........love seeing what everyone is working on.........Karen hope you can get your technology sorted so you can sew with us next time....but you are great at keeping the conversation going.......

so now its trying to work out what goes where and joining 2 more rows...........then I will decide what size I want to make the quilt but I will get it to 6x7 before I make a decision..........

Thanks girls for the motivation and inspiration.......

Catch you later.........

Chookyblue..........

a different view online.....

 Hi girls I found this on Teodo's blog Appunti Patch 
here is the blog post...........
please look at this video in the post...........actually I enjoyed reading the whole post (google translate)

Why do I talk about zoom so much in the last year or two......now it's become my regular sewing group...........and I know it's the only group some of the other girls get to also........
its a mixed collective of bloggers that not only choose to connect via our blogs but by also connecting online in zoom also...........
if you have never done it its not scary..........its inspiring and so much fun.....I enjoy getting to know the girls better.....most I have followed for many many years............I have also added a few new bloggers and getting to know them also.........
When I saw Teodos post I imagined all of us there on the screen...........the details are wonderful....please do make sure you look at the video........its not long but you see more of the details up close.......

This pic is from my trip the Northern Territory mid way thru 2021. Lost City, Abner Ranges, Cape Crawford. Towering sky scrappers formed 1.4 billion years ago...... 

I feel a little like its us looking at the pic..........all individually standing on our own in our own space looking pretty cool but together we are amazing............

It was a quick opportunity helicopter ride and I so want to go back again and have time to drop down to the ground and walk around and really admire the sheer size of these things..........

This waterfall and water hole does not do it justice from the ground it looks very big..........and such a beautiful spot to rest awhile...........I did love seeing it from another angle..........

Well today brings the first day of 2022.......Covid numbers are doubling very fast here in Australia.......rules keep changing and getting tested is very difficult and taking a long time for most to get there results...........RAT tests are now approved but goodluck trying to buy some...........

See you tomorrow..........
Catch you later........

Chookyblue.......